Life
- 100 days of Japanese on Duolingo
The bad, the good, and the alternatives to learning Japanese on Duolingo.
- Watch the documentary 'Good Night Oppy' if you're feeling science-y
I watched this film on a whim, and it re-ignited my love for space exploration.
- I went to my first developer conference, and I think I did it wrong
Preparedness is key, and I was not ready.
- One of my blog posts hit the top of Hacker News
Yesterday, someone posted one of my articles to Hacker News and it ended up in the top spot. Here's what happened.
- Enabling Japanese keyboards for Duolingo practice
How I enabled Japanese keyboards on my Android phone, Chromebook, and Pop!_OS computer.
- Streaking into the new year
As in, tracking a habit in order to improve.
- In defense of "rabbit holes"
Connecting totally unrelated threads, or, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the frequency illusion.
- Movies I watched in 2023
I made an effort to track all the new and new-to-me movies I watched in 2023.
- Avoid doomscrolling with app pinning on Android
Desperately trying to break the social media habit.
- Twitter
I wonder how long it will take me to receive my Twitter data.
- Halloween flower tower 2022
Building a Halloween flower tower with marigolds and black sweet potato vine.
- Things I did in 2021
Accomplishments, achievements, and random things I did in the past year.
- My five-day TV fast
I tried to live without TV for five days, and what I learned from it.
- Spreadsheets for everything
How I'm trying to organize everything with spreadsheets.
- So Much to Update
The last few months have been a whirlwind of vacations, Disney, and work.
- Learning Languages for Fun
Continuing with language learning after a multi-year absence.